A District 3 Top Player Performances of the Week
Congratulations to this week's top players! We're covering the best performances from Friday's football action (using all statistics entered as of the time of writing). Enjoy!
Pierce Mooberry Tops All Others This Week
Starting off the list is Millard North's Pierce Mooberry, who we judged to be the best player in the league this week. Mooberry picked up a sack and made seven total tackles. He torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 84 yards.
For the year, Mooberry has averaged 8 total tackles per game and for the season has 2 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 20.67 receiving yards per game. This year he is averaging 81.5 receiving yards.
Gamescore: 52.97
Griffin Novacek Turns in Season-Best Effort
Kearney was led to victory by Griffin Novacek, who turned in his biggest game of the season on Friday. Novacek threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes, and also rushed for 110 yards.
The win was the third in a row for Kearney, bringing their record for this year to 5-1. Novacek and Kearney are taking a road trip to face off against Millard North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Gamescore: 37.83
Sawyer Schilke's Rushing Yards a New Career-High
On Friday, Kearney got the W thanks in part to Sawyer Schilke playing the best football he has all season. Schilke picked up a sack and made 18 total tackles (2.0 for loss), good enough to also set a new career-high in rushing yards in the process.
This year, Schilke has averaged 9.7 total tackles per game and for the season has 4 sacks. It gets even more impressive: after six games last season, he was only averaging 0.33 rushing yards per game. This year he is averaging 2.5 rushing yards.
Gamescore: 35.10
Caden Vermaas Makes It Two for Millard North
The second Millard North player making an appearance here is Caden Vermaas, and for good reason. He made a tackle.
Gamescore: 34.67
A Constellation of Stars for Millard North
Another Millard North player making an appearance on this list is Zion Rush. He threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt.
This year, Rush has thrown 13 touchdowns while averaging 168.5 passing yards per game.
Gamescore: 32.97
Other Notable Players
- Michael Voichoskie: 82 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 29.35)
- Josh Dolence: 156 yards receiving, 1 TD (Gamescore: 28.05)
- Presley Hall: 37 yards receiving, 2 TDs (Gamescore: 27.70)
- Carter Eisenmann: 62 yards rushing, 1 TD (Gamescore: 24.75)
- Ryan Manning: 112 yards passing; 46 yards rushing (Gamescore: 22.97)
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
